Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of Thanet (30 June 1769 – 24 January 1825) succeeded to his title in April 1786, following the death of his father
Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet
Sackville Tufton, 8th Earl of Thanet (Lord Thanet) (1733–1786) was an English nobleman.
Life
He was the second son of Sackville Tufton, 7th Earl of Thanet. Tufton received his early education at Westminster School. He was hereditary High Sherif ...
. Two of his younger brothers were
John Tufton and
Henry Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet
Henry James Tufton, 11th Earl of Thanet (2 January 1775 – 12 June 1849) was a peer in the peerage of England and a noted English cricketer of the 1790s.
Biography
Henry Tufton belonged to an aristocratic family that was prominent in cricketin ...
, both well-known amateur
cricket
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ers.
Sackville Tufton was himself a keen cricketer who made five known appearances in
first-class cricket
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matches between 1791 and 1794. He was an early member of
Marylebone Cricket Club
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(MCC) and was associated with
Kent cricket.
Arthur Haygarth
Arthur Haygarth (4 August 1825 – 1 May 1903) was a noted English amateur cricketer who became one of cricket's most significant historians. He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Sussex between 1844 and 1861, as wel ...
, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
Life
Thanet was born at Hothfield House in Kent. His mother was
Mary Sackville, daughter of
Lord John Philip Sackville, and on his father's death, on 10 April 1786, his maternal uncle,
John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, acted as his guardian during his minority. He became hereditary
High Sheriff of Westmorland from 1786 to 1825. In early life he spent much time abroad, especially in
Vienna
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, where he formed an alliance with a Hungarian lady, Anne Charlotte de Bojanowitz, to whom he was married, under the Anglican rite, at
St. George's, Hanover Square, on 28 February 1811.
In politics Thanet's profile was low, but he generally supported the
Duke of Bedford
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and the opposition to Pitt. In May 1798 he was present with Fox, Sheridan, Erskine, and other Whig sympathisers at the trial of
Arthur O'Connor at
Maidstone
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. O'Connor was found not guilty, but was not discharged, since a warrant for his arrest for another offence was pending. Thanet and others were charged with having created a riot in the court and put out the lights in an attempt to rescue the prisoner, or at least to help his escape. The case was tried before
Lord Kenyon at the King's Bench on 25 April 1799.
Sir John Scott
John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon, (4 June 1751 – 13 January 1838) was a British barrister and politician. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain between 1801 and 1806 and again between 1807 and 1827.
Early life Background
Eldon ...
prosecuted, and Erskine conducted the defence.
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan (30 October 17517 July 1816) was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencies of Stafford, Westminster and I ...
appeared to give evidence for the accused, and distinguished himself by parrying eight times, and finally evading, the question of
Edward Law, counsel for the prosecution, ‘Do you believe Lord Thanet meant to favour the escape of O'Connor?’ Having been found guilty of riot and assault at Maidstone, Thanet was brought up for judgment on 3 May, and committed to the King's Bench prison, the bail offered by the Duke of Bedford being refused. On 10 June he was sentenced to a year's imprisonment in the
Tower of London
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and a fine of £1,000, and on his release he was ordered to give security for his good behaviour for seven years to the amount of £20,000.
After his release the Earl lived quietly at Hothfield, and became a popular agriculturist, regularly visiting the agricultural market at
Ashford. He spent much time abroad, and he died at
Chalons on 24 January 1825. He was buried on 7 February at Rainham. Leaving no issue, he was succeeded in turn by his brothers
Charles
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(1770–1832) and
Henry Tufton (1775–1849), eleventh and last earl of Thanet.
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1769 births
1825 deaths
English cricketers
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Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
High sheriffs of Westmorland
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